Cop: Sewer money real but source still unknown

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Cop: Sewer money real but source still unknown

PORT MORESBY: Police are still unable to trace the source of the thousands of Kina spewed by a sewer and found floating in a swamp in Morata here.

National Capital District Metropolitan Superintendent Gideon Ikumu said police had been investigating the appearance of the money but so far could not trace where it had come from.

He confirmed that the currency notes were real and not fake and that no one had come forward to claim the money.

For context, read these previous reports: https://pngcybermonitor.blogspot.com/2022/04/cash-spewing-sewer-sends-papua-new.html (Cash-spewing sewer sends Papua New Guineans scavenging for cash) and https://pngcybermonitor.blogspot.com/2022/04/source-of-cash-spewed-by-sewer-unknown.html (Source of cash spewed by sewer unknown, says PNG central bank governor)

The news update was reported by The National:

Swamp money real: Police

April 21, 2022The NationalMain Stories

By GEORGINA KOREI
THE mystery surrounding a large amount of money in kina notes found scattered and floating in a swamp at Morata in Port Moresby is yet to be solved, police say.
NCD Met Supt Gideon Ikumu said police had been investigating the appearance of the money but so far could not trace where it had come from.
He confirmed that the notes were real and not fake however no one had come forward to claim the money.
“The money found at Morata swamp is real money and it is legal tender with serial numbers,” he said.
He said it was still the property of the Bank of Papua New Guinea as it was legal tender.
Meanwhile, Bank of Papua New Guinea acting governor Benny Popoitai confirmed the money was genuine.
Popoitai urged Papua New Guineans to open bank accounts and save their money there instead of keeping it at home.
“If you keep money in your homes or shops, you face the risk of losing it and it is your sole responsibility,” he said.
The National reported last Monday that people living in Morata, 8-Mile and Waigani had been flocking to the swamp after a boy, who found bundles of cash, alerted the people that the main sewer was spewing money.
Morata 1 resident Gilbert Goi said a boy found a bundle of notes amounting to K1,800 in the sewer while hunting for birds three weeks ago.
“The boy later found K3,500 flowing out of one of the sewage outlets,” he said.
“After the boy told the people in Morata, many flocked to the swamp scavenging for money in the sewer.”

 

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